Axel Haverich
	Cardiac tissue engineering (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:227-228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Payam Akhyari, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Axel Haverich, Matthias Karck, and Artur Lichtenberg
	Myocardial tissue engineering: the extracellular matrix (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:229-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthias Siepe, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg, Christian Schlensak, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
	Stem cells used for cardiovascular tissue engineering (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:242-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicolas Derval, Laurent Barandon, Pascale Dufourcq, Lionel Leroux, Jean-Marie Daniel Lamazière, Danièle Daret, Thierry Couffinhal, and Cécile Duplàa
	Epicardial deposition of endothelial progenitor and mesenchymal stem cells in a coated muscle patch after myocardial infarction in a murine model (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:248-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudia Heilmann
	Editorial comment: Myocardial regeneration by stem cells: still a black box (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:255. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Roland G. Demaria, Louis P. Perrault, Jean-Marc Frapier, and Bernard Albat
	Reconstructive surgery of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms: techniques and unsolved problems (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:256-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Matthias Kirsch, Emmanuelle Vermes, Costin Radu, Birgit Streich, Kuniki Nakashima, Armand Mekontso-Dessap, and Daniel Loisance
	Impact of preoperative hemodynamic support on early outcome in patients assisted with paracorporeal Thoratec® ventricular assist device (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:262-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lotti Kirsch, Thierry Timmermans, Olivier Van Caenegem, Olivier Gurne, Philippe Noirhomme, Luc-Marie Jacquet, Dominique Latinne, and Alain J. Poncelet
	Allosensitization in bridge to transplant Novacor left ventricular assist device patients: analysis of long-term outcomes with regard to acute rejection and chronic allograft vasculopathy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:268-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Garatti, Giuseppe Bruschi, Tiziano Colombo, Claudio Russo, Marco Lanfranconi, Filippo Milazzo, Maria Frigerio, and Ettore Vitali
	Clinical outcome and bridge to transplant rate of left ventricular assist device recipient patients: comparison between continuous-flow and pulsatile-flow devices (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:275-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoru Osaki, Niloo M. Edwards, Mauricio Velez, Maryl R. Johnson, Margaret A. Murray, Jennifer A. Hoffmann, and Takushi Kohmoto
	Improved survival in patients with ventricular assist device therapy: the University of Wisconsin experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:281-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Strüber, Kare Sander, Jaap Lahpor, Henrik Ahn, Pierre-Yves Litzler, Stavros G. Drakos, Francesco Musumeci, Christian Schlensak, Ivar Friedrich, Ronny Gustafsson, Frank Oertel, and Pascal Leprince
	HeartMate II left ventricular assist device; early European experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:289-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jason O. Robertson, Cheryl Lober, Nicholas G. Smedira, Jose L. Navia, Nikolai Sopko, and Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski
	One hundred days or more bridged on a ventricular assist device and effects on outcomes following heart transplantation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:295-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takeshi Komoda, Roland Hetzer, and Hans B. Lehmkuhl
	Destiny of candidates for heart transplantation in the Eurotransplant heart allocation system (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:301-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron-Bin Hsu, Chung-I Chang, Fang-Yue Lin, Nai-Kuan Chou, Nai-Hsin Chi, Shoei-Shen Wang, and Shu-Hsun Chu
	Heart transplantation in patients with liver cirrhosis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:307-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jacob Simmonds, Michael Burch, Helen Dawkins, and Victor Tsang
	Heart transplantation after congenital heart surgery: improving results and future goals (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:313-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Michael J. Collins, Sina L. Moainie, Bartley P. Griffith, and Robert S. Poston
	Preserving and evaluating hearts with ex vivo machine perfusion: an avenue to improve early graft performance and expand the donor pool (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:318-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katrin Meyer, Reinhard C. Klocke, Jochen D. Schipke, Emmeran Gams, and Bernhard Korbmacher
	Ca2+ sensitizer superior to catecholamine during myocardial stunning? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:326-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manuel Galiñanes, Martha James, Veryan Codd, Amar Baxi, and Leonidas Hadjinikolaou
	TNF- gene promoter polymorphism at nucleotide –308 and the inflammatory response and oxidative stress induced by cardiac surgery: role of heart failure and medical treatment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:332-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Remy Chenevard, Yves Suter, and Paul Erne
	Effects of the heart-lung machine on melatonin metabolism and mood disturbances (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:338-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marte Bliksøen, Mari-Liis Kaljusto, Jarle Vaage, and Kåre-Olav Stensløkken
	Effects of hydrogen sulphide on ischaemia–reperfusion injury and ischaemic preconditioning in the isolated, perfused rat heart (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:344-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wytze J. Vermeijden, Ans Hagenaars, Willem van Oeveren, and Adrianus J. de Vries
	Do repeated runs of a cell saver device increase the pro-inflammatory properties of washed blood? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:350-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hanna D. Golab, Thierry V. Scohy, Peter L. de Jong, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
	Intraoperative cell salvage in infants undergoing elective cardiac surgery: a prospective trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:354-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Reza S. Khalafi, Darien W. Bradford, and Michael G. Wilson
	Topical application of autologous blood products during surgical closure following a coronary artery bypass graft (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:360-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Grzegorz Suwalski, Piotr Suwalski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Marek Postula, Franciszek Majstrak, and Grzegorz Opolski
	The effect of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on platelet activation in patients on aspirin therapy until surgery day (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:365-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pedro E. Antunes, J. Ferrão de Oliveira, and Manuel J. Antunes
	Coronary surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus: a risk-adjusted study on early outcome (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:370-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ardawan Julian Rastan, Enno Boudriot, Volkmar Falk, Arie Pieter Kappetein, Michael A. Borger, Patrick Washington Serruys, Gerhard Schuler, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr
	Frequency and pattern of de-novo three-vessel and left main coronary artery disease; insights from single center enrolment in the SYNTAX study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:376-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan Jesper Andreasen, Vytautas Nekrasas, and Claus Dethlefsen
	Endoscopic vs open saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective randomized trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:384-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neil J. Howell, Bruce E. Keogh, Robert S. Bonser, Timothy R. Graham, Jorge Mascaro, Stephen J. Rooney, Ian C. Wilson, and Domenico Pagano
	Mild renal dysfunction predicts in-hospital mortality and post-discharge survival following cardiac surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:390-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nathalie Stroobant, Guido van Nooten, Dirk De Bacquer, Yves Van Belleghem, and Guy Vingerhoets
	Neuropsychological functioning 3–5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting: does the pump make a difference? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:396-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Guenther, Christian Noebauer, Domenico Mazzitelli, Raymonde Busch, Peter Tassani-Prell, and Ruediger Lange
	Tricuspid valve surgery: a thirty-year assessment of early and late outcome (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:402-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michele Musci, Henryk Siniawski, Miralem Pasic, Yuguo Weng, Antonio Loforte, Susanne Kosky, Charles Yankah, and Roland Hetzer
	Surgical therapy in patients with active infective endocarditis: seven-year single centre experience in a subgroup of 255 patients treated with the Shelhigh® stentless bioprosthesis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:410-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elena Pettenazzo, Marialuisa Valente, and Gaetano Thiene
	Octanediol treatment of glutaraldehyde fixed bovine pericardium: evidence of anticalcification efficacy in the subcutaneous rat model (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:418-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dharmendra Agrawal, Lynne Meekison, and William S. Walker
	Long-term clinical results of thoracoscopic Heller's myotomy in the treatment of achalasia (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:423-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mitsuo Tachibana, Shoichi Kinugasa, Noriyuki Hirahara, and Hiroshi Yoshimura
	Lymph node classification of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:427-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Pierre E. de Delva, Christopher R. Morse, William Gerald Austen, Jr., Henning A. Gaissert, Michael Lanuti, John C. Wain, Cameron D. Wright, and Douglas J. Mathisen
	Surgical management of failed colon interposition (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alberto Oliaro, Pier Luigi Filosso, Antonio Cavallo, Roberto Giobbe, Claudio Mossetti, Paraskevas Lyberis, Riccardo Carlo Cristofori, and Enrico Ruffini
	The significance of intrapulmonary metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: upstaging or downstaging? A re-appraisal for the next TNM staging system (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Shitrit, Yvgeni Gershman, Nir Peled, Benjamin Medalion, Milton Saute, Anat Amital, and Mordechai R. Kramer
	Risk factors for death while awaiting lung transplantation in Israeli patients: 1997–2006 (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:444-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hironori Ishibashi, Shin-ichiro Ohta, Masahide Hirose, and Nobuaki Nakajima
	Benefit of three-dimensional computed tomography for traumatic rib fracture: easy to detect and explain rib fractures (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:449. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luciano Cardinale, Marco Bosa, Paola Destefanis, and Roberta Giorcelli
	Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm diagnosed with multi-detector computer tomography (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:450. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Douglas West, David H.T. Scott, and William S. Walker
	Complete aortic dehiscence as a late complication of an aortic sutureless graft (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:451. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chris Probst, Wolfgang Schiller, Armin Welz, and Attila Kovacs
	Intimal flap movement in aortic Stanford type-A dissection visualized by 64-slice computed tomography (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:452. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Selahattin Akyol, Mustafa Memduh Bas, Abdussamed Hazar, and Recep Demirbag
	The large and multiple spontaneous coronary artery dissections of a 54-year-old man (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:453. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohammad Hossein Mandegar and Farideh Roshanali
	Coronary stent fracture: detection by 64-slice computed tomography scan (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:454. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshie Ochiai, Yutaka Imoto, Akira Sese, and Mitsuru Noma
	Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:455. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Mario Lusini, Massimo Chello, Francesco Pollari, and Elvio Covino
	Giant vegetation in prosthetic valve Candida albicans endocarditis (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:456. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manoj Purohit, Andrew Knowles, and Franco Sogliani
	Left atrial myxoma: when the brain does not know, the eyes cannot see (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:457. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koichi Toda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Satoshi Kainuma, and Takenori Yokota
	Novel technique for reimplantation of intercostal arteries using tailored patch graft (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:458-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomohiro Nakata, Yoshifumi Fujimoto, Keiichi Hirose, and Kisaburo Sakamoto
	Right atrial isomerism with infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection complicated by hiatal hernia (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:460-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fabiola B. Sozzi, Laura Iacuzio, Filippo Civaia, and Vincent Dor
	Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging guided decision making after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation inferior myocardial infarction (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:463-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Probal K. Ghosh, Alexander Kogan, and Ehud Raanani
	Mitral valve replacement and Takotsubo syndrome (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:466. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Rao and Thanos Athanasiou
	Reply to Ghosh et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:467. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yucesin Arslan and Mert Dumantepe
	Are only serum creatinine levels good enough for detecting acute kidney injury? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:467-468. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paola D’Errigo, Fulvia Seccareccia, Danilo Fusco, and Carlo Alberto Perucci
	Re: Editorial comment by Dr Menicanti (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:468-469. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lorenzo A. Menicanti
	Reply to D’Errico et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:469. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Borki Vucetic, Narcis Hudorovic, and Ivo Lovricevic
	Apologia for change in management of blunt rupture of the thoracic aorta (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:469-470. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Semih Buz, Burkart Zipfel, and Roland Hetzer
	Reply to Vucetic et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:470-471. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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